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Checklist for Superfamily Ocypodoidea Rafinesque, 1815
and region Port Aransas (Nueces County, Texas, USA)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
47
73
94
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
47
73
94
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
32
53
72
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
32
53
72
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
29
48
64
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs
18
29
39
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Eubrachyura
de Saint Laurent, 1980
17
28
38
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Thoracotremata
Guinot, 1977
4
7
10
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Ocypodoidea
Rafinesque, 1815
1
2
4
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Port Aransas
1 Family width 4 Species
Ocypodidae Rafinesque, 1815Fiddler crabs4SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Port Aransas
2 Genera with 4 Species
Leptuca Bott, 19002SpeciesTaxom
Minuca Bott, 19682SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Port Aransas
4 Species
Leptuca pugilator Bosc, 1802Atlantic Sand Fiddler Crab
Leptuca spinicarpa Rathbun, 1900
Minuca rapax Smith, 1870Atlantic Marsh Fiddler Crab
Minuca virens Salmon & Ats..., 1968

Subnodes of Ocypodoidea with occurrences in Port Aransas
FamilyOcypodidae
Rafinesque, 1815
Fiddler crabs, Fiddler Crabs and Ghost Crabs, Ghost crabs
2
4
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Ocypodoidea at biodiversity.org.au
Ocypodoidea at itis.gov
Ocypodoidea at marinespecies.org